Guest guest Posted October 6, 2008 Report Share Posted October 6, 2008 So funny, Marie! Not an MD On Mon, Oct 6, 2008 at 9:34 AM, Marie Miley- <mrussell@...> wrote: > I moderate a number of lists and it's always a tough line to walk- folks > like to see their posts immediately and sometimes I am tied up and cannot > get to the computer - then messages will end up delayed by a day or so. > Without moderation, though, the lists would be bombarded with spam and off > topic messages. Folks who have a problem with moderation are always welcome > to go to other lists where lonely Russian women are desperately seeking > their company and Nigerian millionaires will offer them big bucks to help > them out with financial transactions. On my lists, people seem happy to have > me filter those sorts of messages out for them. > > As for sig lines- that's the moderator's choice. I know I do not post often > as I might since sometimes I cannot recall which of the dozens of lists I > belong to permit sig lines and which do not. Apparently, one of my links is > considered commercial because it's a link to a book I wrote... not that I > make much money at all from it! Sometimes this rule is applied in an > entirely arbitrary manner - one list I am on blocks all commercial links > except for the moderator's own and those of a couple of his friends. Whether > or not to allow sig lines is the moderator's call- they are the ones doing > the work of keeping the lists on topic and true to purpose and IMHO they get > to call the shots on such issues. > > Moderated and okay with it, > ~Marie Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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